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Frame
Frame
Frame

Frame

NameTramp art
Maker Lewis Wesley Oliver (1847 - 1940)
Date1900-1925
(not assigned)El Dorado, KANSAS, United States, North America
MediumWood, metal, photograph, glass
Dimensions23 1/16 × 21 1/4 × 3 1/8 in. (58.5 × 54 × 8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Ervin Lewis Oliver and Family, A.2018.47.1
Terms
  • value (economic concept)
Object numberA.2018.47.1
ProvenanceMaker gift to daughter Etta May (Oliver) Murphy; by inheritance to Etta May (Oliver) Murphy’s grandchildren, including donor Wiley M. Cowell; transferred to Wiley M. Cowell for disposition
DescriptionTramp Art frame, chip carved with square family photograph of father, mother and four children.
Wall pocket with bull horns
Lewis Wesley Oliver
1900-1925
Frame with hidden compartment
Artist not recorded
c. 1920
Heart-shaped tramp art frame with cabinet card
Artist not recorded
late 19th-early 20th Century
Shadowbox
Artist not recorded
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